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dilettantish

dilettantish adjective: amateurish.

Adjective

dilettantish (comparative more dilettantish, superlative most dilettantish)

  1. amateurish
    • You are not one to talk about patriotism, and all that, but you can't hoodwink me with your dilettantish pose, Max, and I know that deep down in your nature there is a passionate devotion to your country—1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    • Do what I say now, not what I do
      The dilettantish peekaboo2006, J. G. Thirlwell, “Sieve”, in Damp, performed by Foetus

Forms of dilettantish

comparativemore dilettantish
superlativemost dilettantish

Origin of dilettantish

From dilettante + -ish.

Words formed from dilettantish

Questions about dilettantish

What does dilettantish mean?
Dilettantish means amateurish.
What part of speech is dilettantish?
Dilettantish is an adjective.

Words near dilettantish in the dictionary

  1. dilettanteisms
  2. dilettantely
  3. dilettantes
  4. dilettanteship
  5. dilettanti
  6. dilettantish
  7. dilettantishly
  8. dilettantism
  9. dilettantisms
  10. dilettantist
  11. dilettantists

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